HSK 5 grammar · pattern
跟…相比
跟…相比 — compared with …, and the bare-margin comparison
Pattern
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How it works
跟⋯⋯相比 sets an explicit yardstick at the head of the sentence — 跟上次考试相比，这次没有那么难. The second frame drops 比 altogether and puts the margin straight after the adjective: 她高我五厘米 "she is five centimetres taller than me", 姐姐大我十岁. That one is compact and very common in speech, and learners tend to over-use 比 where it would do.
Examples
跟上次考试相比，这次没有那么难。
Gēn shàng cì kǎoshì xiāngbǐ, zhè cì méiyǒu nàme nán.
Compared with last time, this exam wasn't as hard.
跟别人相比，我的想法太简单了。
Gēn biéren xiāngbǐ, wǒ de xiǎngfǎ tài jiǎndān le.
Compared with others, my thinking is too simple.
姐姐大我十岁，可我们像朋友一样。
Jiějie dà wǒ shí suì, kě wǒmen xiàng péngyou yíyàng.
My sister is ten years older than me, but we're like friends.
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See it in a story
In the app, 跟…相比 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.